Pan (and bisexual) people are often subjected to violence both within and outside the community with words like ‘greedy’ attached to their choices of who to love. Not only is that hypocritical to say, it is also something we should all consciously fight.
By Pooja Nair May 24 2019 |
Manifestations of internalized homophobia can include: denial of sexual orientation to oneself and others, attempts to alter or change one’s sexual orientation, discomfort with other gay people, unsafe sexual practices and other destructive risk-taking behaviours, including risk for HIV and other STIs.
By whatnowanna May 17 2019 |
Homoparental/queer families are creations of love just like any other family. They are made to support, to raise and to fall back on.
By Pooja Nair May 7 2019 |
I stand still looking down at your hand holding the knife,
My body is trembling with fear but you want me to pay you with my life.
The spectators want me to plead for forgiveness in this time,
So forgive me, for I didn't know love was a crime.
By Prachi May 3 2019 |
A piece of adhesive
Of the colour red.
The scream of a woman -
“Chakka hai ki ladki?”
Her spectacled eyes
Upon my bindi.
By Abhishek Lamba Apr 29 2019 |
This Lesbian Visibility Day, we're talking about how ‘surprising’ it is that two women end up together even though they’ve obviously been going out.
By Pooja Nair Apr 26 2019 |
If the #MeToo movement has made anything clear is that people certainly need to gain a better understanding of what consent means, and what respecting your partner entails.
By Krupa Joseph Feb 25 2019 |
It is the trans community itself which has criticized the work severely, citing misrepresentation and misgendering of the community as well as the Meitei community in Manipur. They have called out the casteism, ableism, and the Brahminical overtones among other problematic elements.
By NOFILTERSASSY Feb 7 2019 |
Classrooms are supposed to be safe spaces that allow everyone to learn, socialize and innovate. Let me tell you that none of that applies to most classrooms.
By Ritu Jan 22 2019 |
Here are accounts of body shaming faced by queer desis in different walks of their lives with different people- some close, some not very close.
By Pooja Nair Jan 21 2019 |
I placed the tray on the table between our chairs and handed Ma her cup. Her first sip was chased by a grunt. “There is ginger in this. I didn’t say I wanted ginger.” My mother never wanted ginger in her tea. My mother also never liked tea without ginger.
By Vibgyor Virtues Jan 7 2019 |
Growing up, my choice to be effeminate was not questioned, it was enforced, applauded, supported, reinforced.
By Stuti Nabazza Dec 18 2018 |
Bollywood, a cesspool of misogyny, markets films with item numbers done by females while the male protagonists project a supposedly “macho” or “cool” image and these roles have never been reversed barring a few films here and there.
By Perihelion Nov 28 2018 |
The institution of privilege is very important in understanding the entire discussion of navigating through caste-oppressed queer identities today.
By Stuti Nabazza Nov 21 2018 |
The stifled music was coming from an arms distance from him. Not from a radio, but from a person.
By Rheadodendron Oct 31 2018 |
The depiction of queer relationships in media works as an agent of social sexualization and is particularly more influential in the Indian society where sex is not discussed, even for educative purposes.
By whatnowanna Oct 2 2018 |
I realised that there is a fear of women who are in charge of their sexuality
By JS Sep 19 2018 |
A quick Google Search shows that people identifying as trans or gender non-conforming often face issues when traveling.
By NOFILTERSASSY Sep 18 2018 |
‘Nanette’ is no ordinary stand-up special. Hannah Gadsby is 40-year-old, gay, Tasmanian comic whose decade-long career in comedy has been built on self-deprecating humour. But she decides to change things up this time.
By Teenasai Jul 16 2018 |
In search of brown faces like my own, what I find are white people. Skinny people. And a standard of androgyny that entirely depends upon a binary concept of gender.
By Noor Jul 11 2018 |
